The morning had approached us as we packed up our stuff from our hotel room and headed out to Raw. It was my first time being back in a few weeks and besides the awkwardness with Jon and a potential tension fest with Colby; I was feeling fine. Things weren't a hundred percent back to normal with Jon and I since last night and the fact I had a nightmare of him running back to Renee didn't help things. I knew he loved me, he'll everyone knew that, but what I didn't know or trust was him being completely faithful. As Sarah would say "Just because a man puts a ring on it doesn't mean he keeps you his only one." We haven't really said much to each other since last night, granted he's tried to, but I just didn't feel like having another argument or tear session.
We pulled into the parking lot of the arena as Jon put the car in park and took in a deep breath.
"Are you going to be okay around Colby tonight?" He asked.
"My problem isn't with him Jon. He never lied to me. He didn't keep secrets from me."
I opened my door as I felt him grab my hand.
"Maddy.. How many times do I have to apologize to you? I fucked up. I made the biggest mistake I could make but it doesn't change the fact that I love you."
I half smiled as I pulled away from his grip and got out of the car. I shut the door behind me as I headed into the arena without Jon next to me. Weird feeling if I do say. I walked into the doors as I headed towards catering.
I walked in as people looked up from their food, beaming their eyes on me as if I was some kind of attraction. I noticed Nikki at one of the tables and I walked over to her.
"Hey you! It's nice to see you around here again!" She said getting up and wrapping her arms around me. "Gosh you've grown so fast!" She placed her hands on my stomach as she smiled. "She's getting so big!" I nodded. "Yeah she is. She's really hyper as well." We sat down as she starting eating again. "So I'm guessing with the amount of looks I got walking in, I've been talked about?" I asked. She looked around as she looked back at me. "You could say that. Mostly things from Colby." Oh gosh. "Really? Like what?" I asked again. She shrugged. "He just mostly talked about how much he missed you and how he loves you. He never shut up about you. But recently there is a rumor going around." I rolled my eyes. "Doesn't surprise me. About what?" She got up from her chair, "Walk with me." She pleaded. I got up as well as we headed out.
"There's a rumor that Jon and Renee are still.. Well.. Messing around. Colby was telling people that he saw Renee leaving with Dean. It could be nothing, you know how it is around here. People love to gossip and make up lies."
"Have you seen her?" I asked without hesitation or replying to her confession.
"Renee? Last time I saw her was in the locker room."
"I'll be right back." I said as I headed towards that way. I didn't know exactly what I was going to say to her but I knew I wanted to give her a piece of my mind. Whether it was my anger arising or just my hormones, I felt the need to talk to her.
I opened the door to the room as I saw her sitting down with a few of the divas. Walking in, they all turned their attention on me as Renee instantly stood up.
"Maddy I.."
"No. Don't." I said. "Don't say a damn word to me. You listen and you listen close. I understand that you have this.. This fascination with Jon and I get it you two were fuck buddies before I came around but what you did is unbelievable. You knew Jon was in love with me, you knew we were serious and that we were happy. Why would you want to hurt the man you claim to love? Do you want to be a home wrecker? Honestly Renee have some class. Jon is happy, truly happy with me and he is going to be a father and a husband. If you love him as much as you say you would walk away and let him be. Woman to woman you deserve better than to be that girl who chases after a taken man. You're beautiful, smart and amazing at what you do here, you know damn well you could find someone else to be with. It's one thing to sleep with him when he and I were on a break but it's another to sleep with him the night before he proposes to me. I honestly believed what you told me at HQ and I felt bad for you. I actually thought maybe we could be friends. But that was all just a lie right? All just a lead up to try and take Jon away right? Look I'm not here to threaten you or scare you. I'm here to give you some advice. Instead of trying to ruin Jons one chance at true happiness and love, something he never had in his life, maybe show him you really love him and allow him to have what he's always wanted. For once think about him and not yourself. This isn't a game Renee, especially not one I want to play. I love Jon with all my heart but I'm not going to stand her and go back and forth with you on trying to win him. He's not a damn prize you can just hold and hang on your shelf and brag about accomplishing. So do yourself a favor and show me and everyone else including him the woman you really are and not this classless bitch you try and be."
She didn't say a single word back, surprisingly, she just stood there and nodded. I turned around and headed out as I took in a deep breath. The door shut behind me as I leaned back against it closing my eyes and taking in what I just did.
"Maddy... You okay?" I heard a familiar voice speak. I opened my eyes to see Colby standing in front of me. My heart skipped for a second taking him in.
"Yeah... Yeah I'm okay." I said.
"You sure?" He asked.
I nodded. "Look... Can we talk about that call yesterday?" He asked.
"What about it? You're done saving me remember? You don't care anymore." I pushed off the door as I walked away feeling him grab my arm; damn was that the thing to do today.
"I didn't mean what I said, I was angry and hurt. I'm an idiot and I'm sorry. Also, it was wrong of me to throw in that whole Renee thing at you like that."
"Actually.." I said interrupting him. "I'm glad you told me because I honestly believe Jon never would have. And while I'm being honest, I want you to know I do care about you. I love being around you and being friends with you but that's all we can ever be. I don't regret kissing you or having feelings for you but the thing is I don't know why either of those things happened. I think with all the heartache that I was dealing with and the loneliness I felt didn't help the situation at all. I used you for my pain, I used you to make myself feel something, I used you to numb the pain away to finally feel appreciated. I'm sorry for that and I never meant to take advantage of you. I understand you love me, I do, because that's exactly how I feel about Jon. He may not be perfect, hell he's nowhere near that, but he's the man that I fell in love with and the man I'm going to marry. He's the father of this little girl and I'm happy. I'm truly happy with him."
Colby smiled. "I know you are. I can tell it in your eyes and the way you speak that you love him. I know because that's exactly how I am about you. I love you Maddy and I care about you too. I appreciate the honesty and I'm happy for you. From this day forward I will no longer try and steal you away. I want you to be happy and if being with Jon is what that means then I'm okay with that. But if I'm being honest... I'd rather have you as a friend then not have you in my life at all."
I smiled in return as I walked up to him. "Of course we're friends. Besides... I actually have someone you should meet soon." Colby smirked. "And who is that?" He asked. "You'll see soon. Meanwhile I should go find Jon. I'll see you later?" He nodded as I headed off. I was on a roll today and while I was I knew Jon was the last one I needed to talk to.
I walked around the halls as I finally saw him standing with Joe in a corner talking. I walked up as Joe smiled.
"Hey Maddy. How are you?" He asked.
"I'm great! If you don't mind could I talk to Jon for a moment alone?" He smiled. "Not at all. I'll catch up with you later man." He walked off as Jon looked at me in worry. "What's wrong?" He asked. I took his hands into mine as I smiled. "Nothing. With the roll I'm on today with talking things out with people I thought I'd save the best for last." He smirked. "Who did you talk to?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Ehh. Just some people I needed to clear things up with. I'll tell you later. Right now I want to talk to you about us." He nodded.
"I understand that Renee has this.. This control over you. I get it. I also understand that you didn't mean to hurt me. But the fact still remains the same; you slept with her yet again. I don't think I'll ever be able to get that image out of my head nor do I believe I can ever forget what you did but I know in my heart that I can forgive you." Jons eyes lit up as he smiled.
"Forgive me? Maddy I.."
"I'm not done." I said. "I just got done telling Renee off, which felt good, and telling Colby that I love you and even with his confession to me about you, I still want to marry you. I love you Jon so much and as many times as you've fucked up I've taken you back. I always told myself that if I ever truly loved someone enough to keep going back or see them constantly come back to me that it meant something. It was meant to be. Since the day I saw you in that bar I knew there was something about you that mesmerized me and I told myself.. This man is going to drive me crazy." He laughed. "But I didn't know you'd be the man that I would give my heart to. They say love makes you do crazy things and I guess that's true because I forgive you for what you did. I just want us back to the way we were before and for us to just move on from all of this. We have a baby girl coming into this world and that's all that matters."
"You're right." He said. "You're absolutely right. But I also have an amazing, beautiful woman that I love in my world and that matters to me as well." I smiled as he leaned into me placing his lips against mine. He smiled in the kiss, "what?" I asked. "I love you." He said as he kissed me once more.
